Dancing figure or doll



March` l0, 1925.`

1,529,004 c. R.'v BARBER DANCING FIGURE 0R DOLL Filed June 15, 192s 2sneef$-sneet 1 J/ 7 f ,2f/f U I fff March. 1o, 1925.

C. R. BARBER DANCING FIGURE OR DOLL Filed June l, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 26W-REM @WQ/iwi@ Patented Mar. 10, 1925-.

CHARLES R. BARBER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DANCING FIGURE OR DOLL.

Application filed June 13,

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES It. BARBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain ne N and useful Improvements in Dancing F igures orDolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dancing figures or dolls, and has for itsobject to provide improved means for supporting such figures in suchrelation to the rotary disk of a phonograph or the like that theoperation of the latter will produce motions of the figures simulatingdancing. Various adjustments are provided by means of which it ispossible to produce motions in time with the music, which, it will beappreciated, is a. decided advantage in a device of this kind. Thisadjustment includes means for varying the position of the figure orfigures vertically with respect to ythe oper# ating disk, and alsolaterally with respect thereto. The movements are produced by small ribsor cleats striking the feet of the figures, and it is obvious 'that whenthe figures are located in different positions, steps in different timeswill be produced.

Other advantages of the present structure will be apparent from thefollowing description, and although the device, as shown, isparticularly adapted'for use on a phonograph, it may be used inconnection with any rotary table or the like.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. l is a front elevation of the device.Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is avertical section of one of the posts enlarged. Fig. 5 is a. section onthe line 5-5 of Fig. L1. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.Fig. 7 is a. section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

The support for the dancing figure or figures includes a pair of. blocks6 one of which may be located or` placed at each side of the revolvingtable 7 of a. phono graph or the like. These blocks are of suliicientsize and weight to remain in position without other fastening devices.

Supported upon each block is a pair of posts, each of which consists ofa lower rod 8 and an upper telescopic tube 9 which may be adjusted todifferent heights on the rod and fastened by thumb screw 10. At the top,the tube 9 has a fixture 11 which supports one end of a cross-rod 12,fastened 1923. Serial No. 645,126.

Y by' a thumb screw 13. Slidably mounted upon each rod 12 is a tube 14which may be fixed on the rod by a thumb screw 15 and depending fromeach tube is a wire hook 17 from which a jointed doll or figure 18 issuspended by a loop 19 or the like. In Fig. 1, the hook is shown single,to

support one figure, but in F ig. 6, it is shown double, to support twofigures. The construction above described is duplicated as shown in Fig.2, so that both rods 12 may be used to support one or more figures.

The legs of the ligure are operated by cleats or ribs 2() on a disk 21placed upon the central part of the table 7, or upon a phonographrecordthereon, and the figure is so adjusted that the ribs will strike thefeet of the figure and so operate the same e to imitate dancing.

The adjustable posts permit the heightof the bars 12 to be varied, andaccordingly the support can be used with figures of different sizes, orany ligure can be so positioned as to give the desired contact of theribs with the feet of the figure. Also, the sleeves 14 can be adjustedalong the rods 12, or the rods themselves can be adjusted, 'whereby thefigures can be hung in diferer t radial positions with respect to thedisk, and so the steps produced can be made quicker or slower, accordingto the time of the music. rIhis feature adds considerableto theattractiveness of the device. The multiple rods and hooks permit variousnumbers of figures to be operated at the same time, and one can beplaced slightlykk I claim:

1. The combination with a rotary disk having ribs, of a supportcomprising a pair of extensible posts standing respectively at oppositesides of the disk, a cross-bar between the posts, and a dancing figuresuspended from the cross-bar in position for contact of its feet withthe ribs on the disk, the suspendingl device for the figure beingadjustable along the cross-rod to support the figure in differentradialpositions7 4with respect to the disk.

2. The combination with :1 rotary disk A having ribs, of a supportcomprising :L pau* of extensible posts standing respectively at oppositesides of the disk` a cross-bar be tween the posts, and a dancing liguresuspended from the cross-bar in position for contact of its feet withthe ribs on the disk, 10 the suspension devices including '(1 sleeveslidable along the cross-bar.

In testimonv whereof, I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES R. BARBER fitnessesz JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, Bessin F. POLLAK.

